Acushnet, MA is a small town located in Bristol County. Although it has a small population of 8,287 people, Acushnet has an active political scene. The local government consists of an elected Town Meeting Board which is responsible for managing the town's finances and making decisions on important matters that affect the community. Additionally, Acushnet has two representatives in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and one representative in the Massachusetts Senate who are committed to ensuring that local issues are addressed and taken into consideration by state leaders. All political candidates running for office in Acushnet must be registered voters within the town and must abide by all laws governing campaign finance and election procedures. In order to ensure fair elections, there are several public forums held throughout the year to provide citizens with an opportunity to learn more about each candidate's platform before deciding who they would like to vote for.
The political climate in Acushnet, MA is leaning conservative.
Bristol County, MA is somewhat liberal. In Bristol County, MA 54.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bristol county remained strongly Democratic, 54.9% to 42.9%.
Bristol county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Acushnet, MA is leaning conservative.
Bristol County, Massachusetts is somewhat liberal.
Providence-Warwick Metro Area is moderately liberal.
Massachusetts is very liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Acushnet, Massachusetts: D D D D d D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Acushnet, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 200 contributions totaling $6,310 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 98 contributions totaling $8,162 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)